Garment with disappearing-type hood



March 14, 1939. E1 M. KOLLY v 7 GARMENT WITH DISAPPEARING-TYPE HOOD Filed July 1, 1937 ATTOR/VfKS Patented Mar. 14, 1939 QEMQE GARMENT WITH DISAPPEARING-TYPE HOOD Erwin Max Kolly, Zurich, Switzerland Application July 1, 1937, Serial No. 151,342 In Switzerland June 18, 1937 4 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in headcovers or hoods of the disappearing type permanently attached to garments such as overcoats, coats, jackets and the like; and the objects of my improvement are, first, to make provision for tucking away the hood on the inside of the garment when not in use, so as to render it invisible from the outside; second, to afford facilities for the proper protection of the wearer against rain, snow or dust when the said hood has been brought out for use; and, third, to provide means enabling the wearer to quickly and easily open and close the aperture in the garment through which the said hood is brought out or stored away.

I attain these objects by the form of invention-shown by way of an example-illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1 is a rear view of the garment; Fig. 2, a rear view with the collar turned up; Fig. 3, a rear view with the hood partly brought out; Fig. 4, a side view of the garment with the hood brought out completely and able to be placed over the head of the wearer; and Fig. 5 is a side View of the garment with the hood secured about the wearers head.

The garment l is provided with a slit 3 underneath the collar 2. The said slit may be opened and closed by a quickly operated means 4. The hood or head-cover 5 is fastened on the inside of the said slit 3. When not in use, the hood 5 is lying between the cloth proper 6 and the lining l of the garment l. The hood 5-by way of an example illustrating one form of the invention-is provided with a cord-train 8 which enables the wearer to fasten the hood 5 about his face below his chin so that a perfect protection is assured. With the hood 5 pulled over the wearers head, the collar 2 is in the turned-up state, since the slit 3, through which the hood has been pulled out, is lying underneath the collar 2. In order, now, to exclude the possibility of water penetrating through the open slit, the hood 5 is permanently attached below the bottom edge of the slit 3. When not in use, on the other hand, the slit 3 is covered by the collar 2 so that, even if the closing means 4 itself does not seal tightly, water, snow or dust is prevented from penetrating into the garment.

The manner of using the present device is, in short, as follows: By turning up the collar 2 and opening the fastener 4, thus also opening the slit 3, the hood 5--normally lying invisible on the inside of the garment-is pulled out when so required. The hood, then, is drawn over the wearers head and pulled fast about his face by means of the cord-train 3.

In the case of garments without a collar, the closing means t itself, of course, may be rendered or adapted impervious, or may be protected by means of a flap.

The advantages of the present device are obvious. In the first place, and from a practical point of view, a garment is produced which oiiers to its wearer a perfect protection against water, snow or dust with the most simple manner of use and application. In the second place, the wearer or user of this garment does not have to think of taking the hood along nor of having to attach it on the outside of the garment, as in the case of a detachable hood stored away separately and individually. Furthermore, the appearance of-a hood hanging loosely on the outside of the garment also is avoided. All these points of objection mentioned have contributed to render the introduction of a hood unsatisfactory, and they have all been eliminated by the present invention.

The matter of the present invention is such that many structural changes in the form of in vention are possible, Without, however, deviating materially from the essence of the invention.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A garment of the character described, comprising a turned down collar, a horizontal slit through the neck portion of the garment and covered by the said collar, a hood or headcover permanently attached partly to the inside of the garment along the entire width of the said slit immediately below the bottom edge of the latter, and means for opening and closing the said slit; the whole in such an arrangement that the said hood is carried on the wearers back, invisible from the outside, when not in use.

2. A garment of the character described, according to claim 1; the said collar not only covering the said slit, but also the said closing means, when the said hood is not in use and tucked away on the inside of the garment.

3. A garment of the character described having a neck portion, comprising a horizontal slit through said neck portion, a hood permanently attached in part only to the garment to the inside of the garment along the entire width of the said slit immediately below the bottom edge of the latter, means for opening and closing the said slit, and a flap for rendering the said slit and the said appurtenant opening means impervious to rain or snow; the whole in such an arrangement that the said hood, when not in use, is carried on the Wearers back invisible from the outside.

4. A garment of the character described having near the upper extremity thereof constituting the neck portion of the garment a horizontal slit, a hood permanently secured partly to the inside of the garment along the entire width of said slit immediately below the bottom edge thereof,

means for opening and closing said slit, and means for rendering said slit impervious to rain or snow even when said hood has been pulled out through said slit for use as a head covering; the whole in such arrangement that the hood is carried on the wearers back invisible from the outside when not in use.

ERWIN MAX KOLLY. 

